Prince Maurits with His Horse and Groom  1624

Maurits, prince of Orange (1567-1625) and "stadholder" of the United Provinces, was very successful as the commander of the republic's military forces. The war with Spain dragged on for two decades after his death, but the course he established was decisive in ultimately achieving independence. Maurits is depicted in a field in a kind of "double portrait" with an immense d...